A Radical Thought

History doesn"€™t repeat itself. Nevertheless, comparisons between the present and the past may be helpful"€”so long, at least, as one recognizes that circumstances are ...

Blair Is Back

Tony Blair sought to return to frontline politics last week with a speech to the Open Britain movement, in which he called on those of us who voted to remain in the European Union ...

A Vote to Remain

The polls this morning (June 14) indicate that Brexit will win, and the United Kingdom will be on course to leave the E.U. It's depressing. The shrill intolerance and xenophobia ...

7 Stupidest Things Said by British MPs During the Trump Debate

Monday saw arguably the most asinine debate by British parliamentarians that has ever been held in Westminster Hall. The debate was triggered by an online petition having obtained ...

Reflections on the English Identity

I was standing in Stamford, Lincolnshire on Saturday, admiring as always the architecture so splendidly Georgian it is used for filming Jane Austen adaptations. But that day the ...

Jon Snow

Tepee Time in London

Guardian journalist Zoe Williams is worried. "€œIs the left in Britain still alive and well?"€ she asks. Apparently, "€œno one quite knows where it has gone, or what it ...

Nigel Farage

The UKIP Omnibus

As May 7th bulks ever bigger on the political horizon, the UKIP omnibus has developed serious rattles. As the campaign pounds punishingly on, the insurgents"€™ inexperience is ...

The Secret State vs. Enemies of State

When Mohammed Emwazi went out from west London to Syria literally to carve out a new career as "€œJihadi John"€, masked avenger of non-wrongs, England lost an "€œextremely ...

The Stubborn Allure of Simple Ideas

One of the reasons I read the liberal newspapers when I am in Britain"€”apart from the fact that they are the best"€”is that they irritate me so by their smug ...

Maria Miller MP

An Honest Day’s Pay

The latest British parliamentary spat was a further ripple from the scandal about MPs"€™ expenses that first splashed into our headlines in 2009. In December 2012, it was ...

Tony Benn

The Death of Two Left-Wing Idealists

Last week saw the passing of two prominent figures on the extreme left wing of British politics: Tony Benn and Bob Crow. Politicians of all persuasions have made the inevitable ...

Scotland’s Foolish Romanticism

In just under 200 days, Scottish voters will face a referendum on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom. The milestone was marked by ongoing arguments about whether an ...

After the Deluge

Britannia, we proudly and rather wistfully proclaim, rules the waves. Over the last couple of weeks, however, it has seemed that the waves are ruling Britannia. Reading the UK ...

Enoch Powell

Dear Luftwaffe: Come Back! All Is Forgiven!

Has anybody apologized to Enoch Powell yet? The British establishment declared the Conservative MP a nonperson back in 1968 after he warned that unchecked Third World immigration ...

Where Have All the Christians Gone?

Just in time for Christmas, the latest British census shows that since 2001, when 72% of the UK's denizens claimed to be Christians, the quotient has dropped thirteen percentage ...

Jimmy Savile

Jimmy Savile: Emblem of an Age

On New Year's Day 1964, a louche, longhaired Leeds lad presented the first edition of the BBC's Top of the Pops from inside a converted Manchester church. Featured acts included ...


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